Million Vet March on the Memorials

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Senator Ted Cruz (C) (R-TX) recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" at the U.S. National World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. The group was organized in protest of to the Obama administration's decision to close the memorial and bar entry to World War Two vets who had travelled to visit it during the partial government shut down. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally at the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally in front of the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" argue with a police officer after a street leading to the U.S. National World War II Memorial was closed to traffic in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Law enforcement officers clash with protesters from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials", rallying against the closure of the U.S. National World War Two Memorial due to the current U.S. government shutdown, as they climb the wall in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" call for impeachment of U.S. President Barack Obama in front of the White House in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" call for the impeachment of U.S. President Barack Obama at the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally in front of the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Charlie Tapley (R), of Hershey, Pennsylvania, holds a closure sign he removed from the U.S. National World War Two Memorial as he joins protesters from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" in rallying against war memorial closures due to the current U.S. government shutdown, in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally in front of the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters taking part in the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" pile barracades in front of the White House in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials", rallying against the closure of the U.S. National World War Two Memorial due to the current U.S. government shutdown, demonstrate in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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A man holds flags as protesters from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials", rallying against the closure of the U.S. National World War Two Memorial due to the current U.S. government shutdown, demonstrate in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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People on a Segway tour watch as law enforcement officers in riot helmets gather to force protesters down from the fence in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Police scuffle with protesters taking part in the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" in front of the White House in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Police replace barricades in front of the White House after they were left in a pile by protesters taking part in the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Law enforcement officers clash with protesters from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials", rallying against the closure of the U.S. National World War Two Memorial due to the current U.S. government shutdown, as they climb the wall in front of the White House gates in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally at the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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U.S. Army veterans Peter Marshall Bland (C) and James Taylor (R) of Fort Hood, Texas, end a day of protest with a group from the "Million Vet March on the Memorials", rallying against the closure of the U.S. National World War Two Memorial due to the current U.S. government shutdown, on the west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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Protesters with the "Million Vet March on the Memorials" rally in front of the National U.S. World War II Memorial in Washington Oct. 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts